The Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) has shortlisted six consortiums and companies for the development of the 1.1 GW Al Dibdibah Power and Al Shagaya Renewable Energy (Phase III) Zone 1 Solar PV Independent Power Project. The request for qualification (RfQ) for the project was issued in late 2023. The solar plant will be situated in the Shagaya area of Jahra Governorate, about 100 km west of Kuwait City.
The list includes France’s TotalEnergies and Vietnam's Trung Nam Construction Investment Corporation as standalone companies, as well as four consortiums: ACWA Power together with Alternative Energy Projects Company; Masdar with Fouad Alghanim & Sons General Trading and Contracting Company; EDF Renewables with partners Abdullah Al Hamad Al Sagar and Korean Western Power Company; Jinko Power with Japan's Jera and Kuwait's National Technology Enterprises Company (NTEC).
Under its New Vision 2035, Kuwait aims to generate 15% of its electricity from renewables by 2030. In July 2024, Kuwait's state-owned oil group Kuwait Oil Company awarded an advisory consulting contract to KBR for the development of a Renewables and Hydrogen Masterplan Project, which would target 17 GW of renewable capacity and 25 GW of green hydrogen production capacity in Kuwait by 2050.
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